Foucault News

News and resources on French thinker Michel Foucault (1926-1984)

Steven Hutchinson, Intelligence, reason of state and the art of governing risk and opportunity in early modern Europe, Economy and Society, Volume 43, Issue 3, 2014 DOI: 10.1080/03085147.2014.883796 Abstract Drawing upon primary and secondary historical material, this paper explores the role of intelligence in early modern government. It focuses upon developments in seventeenth- and early-eighteenth-century …

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Call for Papers: Soft Power Third Issue: June 30, 2015 Soft Power: Euro-American Journal of Historical and Theoretical Studies of Politics Soft Power is an inter-disciplinary academic journal published in 2014 by the Grupo Planeta, one of the leading publishers in the Spanish-speaking world. It is supported by the University of Salerno and the Universidad …

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Gristy, C. Engaging with and moving on from participatory research: A personal reflection (2014) International Journal of Research and Method in Education. Article in Press. Abstract In this paper, I respond to the call to articulate experiences of the messy realities of participatory research. I reflect on my engagement and struggle with the realities and …

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Lewis, S., Hardy, I. Funding, reputation and targets: the discursive logics of high-stakes testing (2014) Cambridge Journal of Education. Article in Press. Abstract This paper provides insights into teacher and school-based administrators’ responses to policy demands for improved outcomes on high-stakes, standardised literacy and numeracy tests in Australia. Specifically, the research reveals the effects of …

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Taylor, W.G., Piper, H., Garratt, D. Sports coaches as ‘dangerous individuals’-practice as governmentality (2014) Sport, Education and Society. Article in Press. Abstract Recent concern surrounding sports coaches’ interaction with young people has reflected a fundamental change in the way coaches and others regard the role of sports. In this paper, we consider the identification and …

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Hutchinson, M., Jackson, D. The construction and legitimation of workplace bullying in the public sector: Insight into power dynamics and organisational failures in health and social care (2014) Nursing Inquiry. Article in Press. Abstract Health-care and public sector institutions are high-risk settings for workplace bullying. Despite growing acknowledgement of the scale and consequence of this …

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Chaput, C., Hanan, J.S. Economic Rhetoric as Taxis: Neoliberal governmentality and the dispositif of freakonomics (2014) Journal of Cultural Economy. Article in Press. Abstract This essay expands the rhetoric of economics conversation started by economist Deirdre McCloskey. Through a close engagement with Michel Foucault’s lectures at the Collège de France from 1975 to 1979, concerning …

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The cover image was produced by Astra Howard, an Action Researcher/Performer currently living in Sydney Australia. Spanning more than a decade, her work has sought to elicit and document marginalised, or overlooked, experiences and discourses of the city. The specific image I have chosen is part of a series entitled ‘Kings Cross the Whisper.’ This …

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Armstrong, P. The discourse of Michel Foucault: A sociological encounter (2014) Critical Perspectives on Accounting. Article in Press. Abstract Michel Foucault is a major source for the idea in critical accounting and organizational studies that identities (selves, subjectivities) are discursively constituted. This return to the text is intended as a clarification of what Foucault actually …

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